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Hi, I'm Martin and this
is your Newsround. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
First, people around the world
are getting ready to witness | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
a lunar extravaganza tonight. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
It's called a super blue blood
moon, but what is it? | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
Here's BBC Weather Presenter
Simon King to explain. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:28 | |
Now, apart from it being a mouthful
to say, what does it actually mean? | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
Well, let's start off
with the super part. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Now, the moon orbits
the Earth in an ellipse, | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
so that means there are occasions
when the moon is closer to Earth | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
than others,
and we call that the perigee. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Now, this is going to be one
of the closest points the moon | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
is going to take to Earth,
so that means it is going to appear | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
just that little bit bigger
and brighter than usual. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
The blue part of it comes
from the fact that every month | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
we normally have a full moon,
but sometimes we get two | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
full moons in a month,
and that is known as a blue moon. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
It won't appear blue. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:01 | |
The third aspect is the blood moon. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Because on Wednesday night,
there is going to be a total lunar | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
eclipse and that might make the moon
turn a little bit red. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
But it's not going to be
above the UK, that's actually | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
going to occur on
the other side of the world. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
We will still get to see
a full super blue moon, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
and the best of the clear skies
initially will be down towards | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
the south-east of England
on Wednesday evening and night. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
But then further north
and west there will be some | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
wintry showers moving in. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
There will still some clear spells
in between that cloud, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
to get a good glimpse of the moon. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Bye-bye. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
Next, the big question of the moment | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
- how can we cut the amount
of plastic we use and throw away? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
More than 8 million tonnes of it
ends up in the world's | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
oceans each year.
That's a truckload every minute! | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
So, what's the problem with plastic? | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
These are trash islands
in the Caribbean. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
It looks like a stretch
of land but it's floating | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
rubbish like plastic bags,
spoons and bottles. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
They are created by
currents in the ocean. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
Sadly, this is not the only place
in the world where plastic | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
pollution is a problem. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
Plastic is all around
the planet on every shoreline, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:15 | |
it's even down to the deep ocean,
places we have never visited. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
We go there for the first time
and our rubbish has beaten us there. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
Back in the day, milk and fizzy
drinks used to be bought in glass | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
bottles and food would be
wrapped in paper. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
Now, plastic is in lots
of things we use every day, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
and it IS really useful. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
300 million tonnes are produced each
year, but 40% of that is for stuff | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
we will only use once
before it's thrown away, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
like straws, crisp packets,
bottles and carrier bags. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
How does plastic end
up in the ocean? | 0:02:44 | 0:02:49 | |
Some of it is blown in,
lots of it comes from rivers, | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
some can come a long way. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
some escapes from ships at sea, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
Some is left by tourists on beaches. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
Some enters by the toilet. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
There's a whole range of ways that
litter can get there, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
the problem is once it's there,
that is where it will stay. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
Scientists are warning that
within the next 30 years the amount | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
of plastic in our oceans
could outweigh the fish. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Each year, 100,000 animals
in the sea are killed by plastic. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
It can hurt or trap
them, and they can also | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
mistake it for food. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
One in three sea turtles and almost
90% of sea birds have eaten it. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
When the fish leaves the ocean
and it ends up on our dinner table, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
are we eating plastic as well? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
We recently looked at fish collected
locally, of 500 fish we found | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
a third had small quantities
of plastic in their gut. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
It's not a cause for concern
for eating those fish, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
the quantities are quite small,
unless we do something about it | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
the quantities in fish
and birds will increase. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:55 | |
There are lots of groups trying
to help tackle plastic pollution | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
and the government is promising
to do more. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
But there are ways we can
all help right now. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Here are Richard's top tips. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Make sure you always
throw your rubbish in the bin. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
If you don't need
something, don't use it. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
And of course, recycle
whenever you can. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
If you want to know more about | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
how plastic affects our planet, head
to web where we've got a full guide. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
While you're there, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
if you think black cats are
the best, we want to hear from you. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
Get online. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
Finally, this guy's
got his hat and gloves on | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
to play a very cold concert. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
Yep, that cello has
been carved from ice! | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
A famous musican has been playing
the chilly cello in Italy. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:41 | |
He's in a special bubble that's kept
really cold | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
to stop the icy
instrument from melting. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
It's all part of an art project, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
and the sculptor says that
once the concerts are over, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
the cello will be thrown
into the sea to melt. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
Newsround is back in the morning. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
Bye. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 |